Please join me, Madame Zombra, in the future for a little astral travel, if you will. We shall look at the planets in their transits as they occur, not as prophecy but as signposts for our journey. In columns ahead, if you have questions, you may use the Comments section to ask them and I will do my best to answer your query.
Welcome back Stargazers! This week we enter a world of extremes: a hollow shell and the largest planet in our solar system – Jupiter! This is a magnificent, very complex planet which holds a unique position in both our zodiac and solar system. One thousand Earths can fit inside its shell [Example: If Earth is […]
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Just a thought of mine, to set the wheels turning in your heads, dear readers. Have you realized that if you are over 30 years of chronological age upon this planet, you are statistically now a human being occupying the next sign of the zodiac, and not the one in which you were born? Even
Welcome back, and also to the world of Mars and Astrology. When and where Mars joins our personal astrology chart, our lives are never dull, but full of change and decisions. Mars is the planet of energy, drive, passion and assertiveness – it influences how we pursue goals and express anger. The astrological interpretation of
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Due to a very bad mood. You may blame it on the Moon in Pisces. Or blame it on something else. Frankly, my dears, I don’t give a …. [insert your choice of scatological nouns] .
Welcome back Stargazers! The planet we’ll be investigating today is Mars, known as “the Red Planet.” It’s inspired myths and religious symbolism, as well as scientific curiosity. How many of us remember the now-iconic ‘My Favorite Martian’ from the early sixties? Or reading ‘The War of the Worlds’ by H.G. Wells or ‘The Martian Chronicles’
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“Do you believe then that the sciences would have arisen and grown up if the sorcerers, alchemists, astrologers and witches had not been their forerunners; those who, with their promisings and foreshadowings, had first to create a thirst, a hunger, and a taste for hidden and forbidden powers?”― Friedrich Nietzsche The perfect quote to stop criticism
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Hello Stargazers! How glorious the last two weeks were … US and Canadian astronauts, not only circling the Earth but going to the dark side of the Moon for the first time in 54 years … yikes! I remember where I was in the early 1970s, when the great feat occurred, and our astronauts walked
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Astrology can clear up or mix up a person as much as any other psychological, philosophical or religious mirror, a looking glass in the endless mirror hall of life. Markku Siivola And now brought to you for your pondering, dear readers, by Madame Zombra.
Hi everyone and Welcome Back Stargazers! This has been an unbelievable week: U.S. Astronauts lifted off and then were sent hurtling to circle the Moon – it’s 50 years since this has been done – a very exciting time to be alive! Can’t wait to see what they discover, and hear their stories upon return
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Hello, ducks! Now that Mercury’s no longer retrograde (for this quarter, anyway), we can think about some other aspects lurking out there in space, probably causing Science Officer Spock’s instrument panel to wig out on him. Fascinating. Anyway, for all you Aries people – the midnight snackers; (you know who you are) and the rest